put your hand in the hand

put your hand in the hand of the man who stilled the water

put your hand in the hand of the man who calmed the sea

take a look at yourself

and you can look at others diff'rently

put your hand in the hand of the man from galilee

every time i look into the holy book

i wanna tremble

when i read about the part where a carpenter cleared the temple

see those buyers and the sellers were no diff'rent fellas

than what you and i profess to be

and it causes me shame to know that man is not what he should be

put your hand in the hand of the man who stilled the water

put your hand in the hand of the man who calmed the sea

take a look at yourself

and you can look at others diff'rently

put your hand in the hand of the man from galilee

hey

my mama taught me how to pray

before i reached the age of seven

when i'm down on my knees

hey

i'm close to heaven.